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Second Battle of al-Faw

April 17–18, 1988 · Second Battle of al-Faw

Part of Iran–Iraq War

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Second Battle of al-Faw

Iraq retook the al-Faw peninsula in two days, opening its final offensives.

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Iran

Ruhollah Khomeini military commander Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani military commander

Iraq

Saddam Hussein military commander Maher Abd al-Rashid military commander Adnan Khairallah military commander